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Format:
Book
Title:
The lightning queen
ISBN:
9780545800846

9780545800853

9780545800860

9781338032949
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.
Physical Description:
323 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Crackle: Mateo; The Hill of Dust, Oaxaca, Mexico; Present Day -- Rumble: Teo; The Hill of Dust, Oaxaca, Mexico; Long, Long Ago -- Drop: Mateo; The Hill of Dust, Oaxaca, Mexico; Present Day -- Gust: Teo; The Hill of Dust, Oaxaca, Mexico; Long, Long Ago -- Hush: Mateo; The Hill of Dust, Oaxaca, Mexico; Present Day -- Boom: Teo; The Hill of Dust, Oaxaca, Mexico; Long, Long Ago -- Burst: Mateo; The Hill of Dust, Oaxaca, Mexico; Present Day -- Zap!: Mateo; Suburban Maryland; Present Day.
Summary:
On the Hill of Dust, in the remote mountains of Mexico, an eleven-year-old Mixtec boy called Teo lives with his family and the animals that he has healed, but one day a Romany caravan rolls into town with a young girl who calls herself Esma, the Gypsy Queen of Lightning--it is the beginning of a life-long friendship that will change both their lives.
Reading Level:
790L lexile

Sentence length: 4 (hard) Word frequncy: 2 (easy) Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.2 10.0.

Reading Counts! 5.2.
Electronic Access:
http://www.scholastic.com
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